2of 43Houston Police investigate the scene of a double shooting, at 3902 Scott Street. two people are hospitalized in unknown condition, Thursday, March 1, 2018 in Houston.Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle

3of 43Bridgette Gaston, grandmother to two children who were shot is consoled by Reginald Gordon during a vigil on Friday, March 2, 2018, in Houston. ( Elizabeth Conley / Houston Chronicle )Photo: Elizabeth Conley, Chronicle / Houston Chronicle

4of 43Bridgette Gaston, grandmother to two children who were shot, is prayed over by Sister Mama Sonya and Robert Gilmore Sn, during a vigil on Friday, March 2, 2018, in Houston. ( Elizabeth Conley / Houston Chronicle )Photo: Elizabeth Conley, Chronicle / Houston Chronicle

5of 43Bridgette Gaston, grandmother to two children who were shot, looks over candles she lit in the parking lot where the incident happened on Friday, March 2, 2018, in Houston. ( Elizabeth Conley / Houston Chronicle )Photo: Elizabeth Conley, Chronicle / Houston Chronicle

8of 43Date:March 11,
2018 Time: 7 a.m.Address: 3900
block HollisterType: ShootingVictim(s): One
personSuspect arrested:
NoneSynopsis: Three
men, including the victim and his brother, were sitting in a car outside the
Windswept Gardens Apartments when a black truck pulled up behind them. Two men
jumped out of the truck and forced the victim out of the vehicle before
shooting him dead.Photo: Godofredo A. Vasquez, Houston Chronicle

9of 43Date:March 11,
2018 Time: 12 a.m.Address: 6300
block WindsweptType: ShootingVictim(s): One
male in his 20sSuspect arrested:
NoneSynopsis: Three
men, including the victim and his brother, were sitting in a car outside the
Windswept Gardens Apartments when a black truck pulled up behind them. Two men
jumped out of the truck and forced the victim out of the vehicle before
shooting him dead.Photo: Metro Video, Metro Video

11of 43Date:March 5,
2018 Time: 11:25 p.m.Address: 3700
block LazywoodType: StabbingVictim(s): Lionel
Martinez, 26Suspect arrested:
Maria Martinez, 31, charged with murderSynopsis: Maria
Martinez told authorities she stabbed her husband in self-defense. The two had
been arguing while driving down the road when they pulled over. That’s when she
allegedly pulled a knife and stabbed him in the chest.Photo: Metro Video

19of 43Date: Feb. 26, 2018 Time: 12:15 a.m.Address: 6100 block PinemontType: ShootingVictim(s): One maleSuspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: A man was breaking into a business when the store owner shot and killed him. The case was referred to a grand jury.Photo: Metro Video

20of 43Date: Feb. 25, 2018 Time: 11:30 p.m.Address: 4800 block Martin Luther KingType: ShootingVictim(s): One maleSuspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: The victim had gotten into an argument with another person when he was shot in the face and side, police said. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.Photo: Metro Video

21of 43Date: Feb. 25, 2018 Time: 2:55 a.m.Address: 5600 block ShepherdType: ShootingVictim(s): One maleSuspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: Two men got into an argument inside Club 5608 when one of the men went out to his car, took his shirt off and grabbed a firearm. As he walked back to the club, he started shooting aimlessly, police said. A security guard returned fire, fatally striking the shooter. The case was referred to a grand jury.Photo: Metro Video

22of 43Date: Feb. 23, 2018 Time: 2:05 a.m.Address: 12500 block East FreewayType: ShootingVictim(s): One male, 28. Eric Fulcher, 27, was also shot but survived.Suspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: Fulcher and the victim had gotten into a fight with other men inside Chula’s Sports Bar when they were asked to leave. When the two men were outside, a group of men opened fire on them, fatally striking the victim.Photo: Metro Video

24of 43Date: Feb. 20, 2018 Time: 10:15 p.m.Address: 8000 block South FreewayType: ShootingVictim(s): One maleSuspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: A man was found shot lying next to his truck on the South Freeway feeder road.Photo: Metro Video

25of 43Date: Feb. 18, 2018 Time: 12:50 a.m.Address: 9800 block Forum ParkType: ShootingVictim(s): One male, 29Suspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: The victim was shot inside an apartment at the Carlisle Apartments, police said. Several people were inside the apartment at the time of the shooting.Photo: Metro Video

26of 43Date: Feb. 15, 2018 Time: 8:35 p.m.Address: 8400 block W. BartelType: ShootingVictim(s): Derrick Welch, Jr., 19. Another 19-year-old was also shot but survived.Suspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: The two victims were injured in a drive-by shooting at an apartment complex, police said. The suspect reportedly used an AR-15 in the shooting.Photo: Metro Video

27of 43Date: Feb. 12, 2018 Time: 6:35 p.m.Address: 10800 block BexleyType: ShootingVictim(s): Crishun Chaney, 19Suspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: Police say Chaney met up with an unknown person to buy drugs. The drug seller eventually shot Chaney, who later died at a hospital. The seller turned himself into police and said Chaney had fired on him first. The case was referred to a grand jury.Photo: Google Maps

28of 43Date: Feb. 5, 2018 Time: 3:50 p.m.Address: 5000 block EnyartType: ShootingVictim(s): Tairail Lavance Johnson, 28. Another person was also shot but survived.Suspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: Johnson and the other victim were shot in a drive-by shooting while waiting to detail a vehicle at the location.Photo: Google Maps

29of 43Date: Jan. 31, 2018 Time: 3:05 p.m.Address: 8800 block LeycrestType: ShootingVictim(s): Casey Cabaniss. Richard Cabaniss was also shot but survived.Suspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: A man approached the two victims and opened fire at a gas station in northeast Houston. Both victims were shot and taken to the hospital, where Casey Cabaniss later died.Photo: Google Maps

30of 43Date: Jan. 28, 2018 Time: 2:10 a.m.Address: 800 block FederalType: ShootingVictim(s): One male, 31Suspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: A witness heard a gunshot and then saw a car, which was driven by the victim, crash into a ditch. Police responded and found the 31-year-old driver had been shot. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.Photo: Google Maps

31of 43Date: Jan. 24, 2018 Time: 10:20 p.m.Address: 8500 block NairnType: ShootingVictim(s): Raymond Lindgren, 40. Luis Santos-Rosa, 25, was also shot but survived.Suspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: Police were called out to the shooting at the Rockport Apartments and found Santos-Rosa, who had been shot. Santos-Rosa was hospitalized and survived his injuries, but Lindgren died.Photo: Metro Video LLC / for the Houston Chronicle

33of 43Date: Jan. 23, 2018 Time: 5:30 p.m.Address: 7200 block GessnerType: ShootingVictim(s): Adonis Dwon Gilbert, 20Suspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: Gilbert was gunned down in an apartment complex stairwell in Chinatown. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.Photo: Google Maps

34of 43Date: Jan. 21, 2018 Time: 4 p.m.Address: 7800 block KellerType: ShootingVictim(s): One male, 22Suspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: Houston firefighters found a man shot and beaten in the Gloverdale community. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.Photo: Google Maps

37of 43Date: Jan. 16, 2018 Time: 9:35 a.m.Address: 9000 block WestheimerType: ShootingVictim(s): One maleSuspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: Police were called out to the Galleria Inn and Suites and found a man shot to death inside a room.

38of 43Date: Jan. 14, 2018 Time: 10:50 p.m.Address: 3100 block HayesType: StabbingVictim(s): Michael Simmons, 21Suspect arrested: Deaira Pitts, 27, charged with capital murderSynopsis: Simmons, who was dating the suspect, had forced his way into Pitts’ apartment against her wishes. Once inside, the two got into a physical altercation that left Simmons dead of several stab wounds, police said.Photo: Google Maps

39of 43Date: Jan. 12, 2018 Time: 4:30 p.m.Address: 9000 block BeechnutType: ShootingVictim(s): One maleSuspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: Police were called out to a shooting call and found the victim had been shot. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died.Photo: Google Maps

40of 43Date: Jan. 11, 2018 Time: 10:30 p.m.Address: 8900 block Chimney RockType: ShootingVictim(s): One male, 29Suspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: The victim flagged down a member of the Houston Fire Department shortly after being shot, police said. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.Photo: Metro Video

41of 43Date:Jan. 7, 2018 Time: 3:25 a.m.Address: 8900 block S. BraeswoodType: ShootingVictim(s): One male in his 20sSuspect arrested: NoneSynopsis: Two groups of men were arguing outside a nightclub when security guards broke up their fight and told them to leave. One group of men got in a car and drove away as the other group waited. As the first group’s car drove by, a man in the other group pulled out a gun and opened fire, fatally striking one of the men in the car.Photo: Metro Video

A teen was arrested Thursday in connection with a drive-by shooting death of an 8-year-old boy in southeast Houston, police said.

Devonte Lockett, 18, is charged with murder in connection with the March 1 fatal shooting of Tristian Hutchins, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said Thursday night.

Hutchins and his 5-year-old sister Kheristian were sitting in a car in a shopping center parking lot in the 3900 block of Scott Street when gunfire erupted, police said.

Tristian was shot in the head and rushed to the hospital, where he died on March 28. Kheristian also suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. Houston Police Department homicide detectives have previously said the shooting was gang related.

Executive Assistant Chief Troy Finner of the Houston Police Department says two young children were shot while sitting in a car in the 3900 block of Scott Street in Houston on Thursday, March 1, 2018. Finner said a suspect drove by and fired multiple times into the car while the children's mother was in a nail shop across the street. Finner said an 11-year-old in the car was not hit by gunfire.

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Lockett, who lives in the Sunnyside area, served a 20-day sentence last year for a misdemeanor weapons charge, court records show.

In a statement Thursday night, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner thanked the community for providing information that he said helped assist police in the case.

"Violence against our kids will not be tolerated," he said. "We will work overtime and spend whatever it takes to protect our children."

It was not immediately clear whether a tip lead to Lockett's arrest, but Acevedo said that "when children get shot - when our most innocent people get killed - even some of the toughest people will start to talk."

The shooting - and Tristian Hutchins' subsequent death - sent shockwaves through Houston, bringing together city and community leaders in a call for an end to gang and gun violence.

"We have to come together," said Reginald Gordon, of Operation Outreach, a community organization that empowers at-risk youth, said at a vigil held one day after the shooting. "We have to sit down at the table and discuss the issues. We've got to come together to bring a truth to this kind of violence that is going on amongst the communities here."

In an emotional press conference last week, Acevedo read Hutchins' name along with 10 other children who he said have died in indiscriminate gunfire in the city since December 2016, before pleading with Houston residents to find the "collective courage to stand up" to the violence.

"We have people being shot in gas stations that are innocent bystanders, in apartments that are innocent bystanders, and in our streets that are innocent bystanders," he said. "This community needs to be outraged. Although it wasn't your child that was shot, injured or killed, your child could be the next."

"There's no excuse - there's no justification - for these children to be taken from us," he said.

Jay R. Jordan is a breaking news reporter at Chron.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JayRJordan.